The White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) accepted public feedback on the new National Plan for Observing our Earth.  The plan incorporates all types of Earth observations, including ocean buoys, stream gauges, human surveys, and satellites. Building upon the President’s National Strategy for Civil Earth Observations issued in April 2013, this new plan will outline federal earth observation priorities including improved data management and coordinated data accumulation. Comments are due by December 6, 2013.

Sources: Federal Register, White House